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Blasphemer

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21. +1 nt

Reply to LizBeth (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 02:17 PM

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Professor Placed on Leave For Telling Student to 'Anglicize' Her Name [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2020 OP

He was trying to help jmbar2 Jun 2020 #1

or he couldn't be bothered to learn to say the name properly... Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #2

You have no idea what you are talking about ... NotHardly Jun 2020 #27

I once had a Korean student with the surname "Yu" whose given name, beginning with "F" tblue37 Jun 2020 #28

or he got tired of hearing college whistler162 Jun 2020 #41

Agreed. Choice of words is most important in a situation like that. Sounds like... brush Jun 2020 #3

No it wasn't -- stop carrying water for these assholes obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #4

Exactly WestLosAngelesGal Jun 2020 #23

He just had to put that Eat A Dick statement in there. Maggiemayhem Jun 2020 #32

I agree that he was trying to help. Talitha Jun 2020 #6

I would be very appreciative knowing about something like this, but I'd want it left up to me progree Jun 2020 #7

Idiocy and intolerance are often well-intended. LanternWaste Jun 2020 #22

He could just call her Ms. Nguyen obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #5

I thought the correct mispronunciation was Nuh GOO yen :rofl: n/t progree Jun 2020 #8

What if you have 3 Ms. Nguyens in one class? Laelth Jun 2020 #10

not only is this piece of shit a racist but he's also a fucking lazy racist. Javaman Jun 2020 #9

This is being blown a bit out of proportion.... ashredux Jun 2020 #11

Richard Dick. I do not think that is correct that he would be changing his name. LizBeth Jun 2020 #12

+1 nt Blasphemer Jun 2020 #21

Did this guy fail his interpersonal communication class? BlueIdaho Jun 2020 #13

Out of mainstream names are mocked all the time bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #14

Oakland California probably has plenty of Asians IronLionZion Jun 2020 #15

How do you pronounce it correctly? LisaL Jun 2020 #25

HOW TO PRONOUNCE "PHUC" IN VIETNAMESE IronLionZion Jun 2020 #26

He is clearly in need of a refresher course on how to phrase cstanleytech Jun 2020 #16

He might have been trying to help, marie999 Jun 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2020 #18

This is stupid. And kinda funny at the same time... SKKY Jun 2020 #19

Definitely xenophopbic... leave seems apprpropriate in terms of time to investigate... Blasphemer Jun 2020 #20

Maybe he assumed an offensive English pronunciation SharonClark Jun 2020 #30

In a college French class sarisataka Jun 2020 #24

Is Phuc Bui an English version of her Vietnamese SharonClark Jun 2020 #29

When the Vietnamese language was first transcribed into our alphabet by Europeans... Hekate Jun 2020 #36

Thank you for the explanation. SharonClark Jun 2020 #37

I don't think it is helpful to tell someone to change their name JonLP24 Jun 2020 #39

That prof got off easy. This isn't 1975 anymore. Paladin Jun 2020 #31

Only rugs are Oriental obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Paladin Jun 2020 #34

And this place Polybius Jun 2020 #40

People Anglicize (or Americanize) their names all the time, especially in school.... Hekate Jun 2020 #35

I wouldn't tell anyone to change their name JonLP24 Jun 2020 #38

Wish someone had told me maxrandb Jun 2020 #42

My rule with names I'm uncertain about MineralMan Jun 2020 #43

Good policy. Paladin Jun 2020 #44